Initially set on being a dairy farmer, the aristocratic Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) travels to Africa to join her husband, Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer) Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
La guerre des boutons / War of the Buttons (2011) Yann Samuell, Eric Elmosnino, Mathilde Seigner, Fred Testot, Adventure, Family
In the countryside of France, two groups of boys from the rural villages of Longeverne and Velran are in constant war against each other. Read More »
You Cant Escape (1957) Wilfred Eades, Noelle Middleton, Guy Rolfe, Robert Urquhart, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel Read More »
Sabre Jet (1953) Louis King, Robert Stack, Coleen Gray, Richard Arlen, Drama, War
The story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their wives, on station with them, who have dinner ready when they return. Read More »
Past and Present (1972) Manoel de Oliveira, Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas, Bárbara Vieira, Comedy, Drama
This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Read More »
Suspicion (1982) Yoshitarô Nomura, Kaori Momoi, Shima Iwashita, Akira Emoto, Drama, Crime, Mystery
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Read More »
Ann Vickers (1933) John Cromwell, Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Drama, Romance
During WWI, Ann Vickers, a humanitarian who is just starting the adult phase of her life Read More »
Eerie Tales (1919) Richard Oswald, Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
After the old-books shop closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and amuse themselves by reading stories–about themselves, of course, in various guises and eras. Read More »
The Plague of the Zombies (1966) John Gilling, André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Fantasy, Horror
Young workers are dying because of a mysterious epidemic in a little village in Cornwall. Doctor Thompson is helpless and asks professor James Forbes for help. Read More »
Supernatural (1933) Victor Halperin, Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Alan Dinehart, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In New York city, Ruth Rogan is convicted of killing 3 of her lovers and sentenced to be executed. Read More »
Ridin on a Rainbow (1941) Lew Landers, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee, Action, Adventure, Musical, Western
When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Read More »
Dancing in the Dust (2003) Asghar Farhadi, Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Drama
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute Read More »
The Death of Maria Malibran (1972) Werner Schroeter, Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Candy Darling, Musical, Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
This is about the life and myths about famous opera singer Maria Malibran (1808-1836). She died on the stage. Read More »
Where No Vultures Fly (1951) Harry Watt, Anthony Steel, Dinah Sheridan, Harold Warrender, Drama, Adventure
A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them. Read More »
The Flying Scot (1957) Compton Bennett, Lee Patterson, Kay Callard, Alan Gifford, Crime, Drama
Ronnie, earning very little from his own exploits, gathers together a band of villains to carry out a robbery on ‘The Flying Scotsman’ passenger train. Read More »